The operation took place in the eastern province of Nangarhar, which borders Pakistan, Ghana said. The offensive in Nangahar province aims to strike Islamic State fighters when their numbers are down and their leadership could be in disarray after a US-Afghan commando raid late last month killed a militant leader, Abdul Hasib.

On Sunday, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan confirmed that the "emir" of ISIS-K, Abdul Hasib, had been killed in a combined U.S. Hasib's predecessor, Hafiz Saeed Khan, was killed in a USA airstrike, also in Nangarhar province, last July. The post Is ISIS Militant Head Leader In Afghanistan Dead - Find Out Here appeared first on Ngyab. The two Rangers were killed in eastern Nangarhar province, near the same area the U.S.

Around 3,000 delegates have converged on the western German city of Bonn on Monday to begin drafting detailed rules created to guide member countries through implementing the pact. To the contrary, the United States will be sending a "much smaller" delegation than it has in years past, the official said. Trump has resolved to announce his intentions by this month's Group of 7 meeting in Sicily, meaning a decision to withdraw could isolate him at his first gathering of world leaders.

President Donald Trump previously indicated that he intends to yank the USA out of the agreement, though his top advisors are reportedly divided on whether that is a good idea politically, environmentally and economically. Pruitt is a chief proponent of leaving the deal and has questioned the science that says humans are contributing to global warming. Over the weekend, the EPA administrator released a letter stating that under federal ethics standards he is obligated to recuse himself ...

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, through a unanimous verdict, upheld the Delhi High Court judgement on death penalty to the four convicts. In December 2012, four youngsters were taken into custody for raping and brutally assaulting a 23-year old lady in a moving bus.

The verdict was upheld by the Delhi High Court. Back in March 2014, the convicts of the rape case have challenged the Delhi high court when the trial court ordered to hang in 2013. One of the accused, Ram Singh, had allegedly committed suicide in the Tihar Jail, while a convicted juvenile was sentenced three years of punishment in a reform home.

In observance of Cinco de Mayo, U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) led a group of Senators in introducing a bipartisan resolution recognizing the significance of this Mexican-American holiday commemorating May 5, 1862, when the Battle of Puebla was fought by Mexicans struggling for their independence and freedom.

Le Pen told supporters to look ahead to the parliamentary elections and pledged to be the main voice of opposition to Macron's movement. ASIA'S DAY: Earlier, Asian stock markets, which were the first to respond to the Macron win, rallied.

Congratulatory messages poured in for Macron after his election as president of France. "Now we have a combination of a liberal in France who is willing to push for such an agenda and then growth, which will help a lot". "This marks an important shift in the narrative around European politics: not all popular discontent in Europe can be channelled as anti-EU or purely nationalistic", said Steven Andrew, macro fund manager at M&G Investments.

The news of the Palestinian girl who was shot dead by Israeli forces at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on Sunday evening, after she allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack, hit the front page headlines of the Palestinian Arabic dailies on Monday.

He called on the Palestinian leader to work against incitement - sources say that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu lobbied Trump to focus on this issue with Abbas - but quickly added that "hopefully there won't be such hatred for very long".